alexandra coghlan
Bio
Alexandra is the classical music critic of the New Statesman, and has written on arts for The Times, The Independent, The Guardian, Prospect, Gramophone, Opera Now, The Oxford Times and The Monthly. She was formerly Performing Arts Editor at Time Out, Sydney. She writes about classical music, theatre and film for theartsdesk.
Articles By Alexandra Coghlan
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Bach Sunday with the Suzukis, RAM / Appl, AAM, Milton Court...
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The Outsider, Sky Atlantic review - double trouble in small-...
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Concert programmes that set out to tell us a story can prove a mixed blessing. Yes, it’s valuable and stimulating to find ideas, and narratives,...
Blu-ray: Night Tide
Dennis Hopper’s first starring role, in Night Tide from 1961, as a naïve but curious young sailor bewitched by a siren, offers a strange...
Celtic Connections 2020, Glasgow review - fine feast of Scot...
Celtic Connections, Scotland’s annual festival of folk, world and fusion music,...